Urban Governance in Global Perspective

When: 09.17.2004 - 09.18.2004

This conference was organized by Jefferey Sellers of the Department of Political Science and co-sponsored by the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBEAR), the Department of Political Science, and the USC College.


Colloquy on Urban Governance from the Viewpoints of the Disciplines

Jefferey M. Sellers, USC

Michael Dear, USC

Nelly Stromquist, USC

Shui Yan Tang, USC



Globalization, Regionalization and Urban Governance

Rebecca Abers, University of Brasilia, River Basin Governance in Brazil Participatory Water Management Committees and the Problem of Organizing at the Regional Level

Vincent Hoffman-Martinot, University of Bordeaux, Comparing Metropolitan Change around the World The International Metropolitan Observatory (IMO) Project

Xi Xi Lu, National University of Singapore, Physical Settings, Urban Form and Air Quality in Pacific Rim Cities

Discussant: Dan Mazmanian, USC


Institutions and Processes of Urban Governance

Clara Irazabal, USC, Models of Urban Governance and Planning in Comparative Perspective

Henry Dietz, University of Texas at Austin, Municipal-Level Electoral Politics and their Challenges in Latin America

Koichi Mera, USC, Decentralization and its Consequences in Indonesia

Wing-Shing Tang, Hong Kong Baptist University, Governing with the Chinese City Urban Governmentality in Time/Space

Discussant: Martin Horak


Urban Governance, Inequality, and Policy

Alan Tan, National University of Singapore, Institutional Challenges for Air Pollution Control in Selected Asia-Pacific Cities

César Escudero, National Autonomous University of Mexico, From homo sapiens to homo automobilis: Revisiting Air Quality Management in Mexico City

David C. Gibbs, University of Hull, Urban Governance and the Environment: Some Evidence From UK Cities

Jefferey M. Sellers, USC, Beyond the Environmental Kuznets Curve: Regulating Urban Air Quality in the Developing and Developed Worlds

Jennifer Wolch, USC, Intrametropolitan Fiscal Disparities and Public Policy in the United States

Richard Stren, University of Toronto, While Africa Urbanizes Managing Cities Amidst Informality

Vincent Hoffman-Martinot, University of Bordeaux and Jefferey M. Sellers, USC, Defining an Agenda for the Cross-National Study on Urban Governance

Discussant: Martin Horak, University of Western Ontario